Tinderbox Makerbox Series 2
TINDERBOX MAKERBOX Series 2
In March 2022 we launched our second series of Makerbox kit second series of electronic crafty kits for children & young people!
The Tinderbox Makerbox kits are exciting and creative ways to explore the basics of electronics and make something fun in the process!
Lead Artists Liam Dempsey and Dominika Jackowska worked with Consultant Artist Yann Seznec to design & development two new kits:
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Motor Music Maker (build an electronic instrument using motors and elastic bands!)
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Build-A-Buzzer Game (experiment with electronic components like LEDs, resistors, and buzzers to make your own nosiy wire loop game!)
Series 2 Kits
Motor Music Maker
Build an electronic instrument using motors and elastic bands!
Age range: 10+
Time to complete: 1 – 2 hours
Build-A-Buzzer Game
Experiment with electronic components like LEDs, resistors, and buzzers to make your own nosiy wire loop game!
Age range: 10+
Time to complete: 1 – 2 hours
Workshops
We were also delighted to bring the first finished kits to run workshops with Craigroyston Community High School 1st and 2nd years too.
And we were also very pleased to join the very first North Edinburgh Community Festival on Sat 7th May too, with a Makerbox stall, where young people joined us to build kits and learn about electronics during the afternoon!
Some quotes from the workshops included:
“I’m going to go home and take this apart so I can build it from scratch again!”
“This is so cool!”
Thank you to everyone who joined in!
As part of the Motor Music Maker we also needed a bespoke 3D printed part, and thankfully Mark Kobine and the Institute of Design Informatics and Creative Informatics were happy to help – supporting us to design this custom printed plastic mount & base to hold the motor in the right place.
More Info
If you are interested in finding out more or exploring the circuits yourself at home, we have a list of components, instructions and videos available here.
A huge thank you to all of the team, partners and supporters who made the Makerbox Series 2 kits possible.
Watch this space for more Makerbox fun!
The Makerbox kits are part of our Tinderbox Lab programme, which explores digital arts, creative technology, gaming, interactive media and more. Get in touch with lab@tinderboxcollective.org to find out more.
Series Two:
Supported by The Institute for Design Informatics, Creative Informatics, & Creative Scotland
